As part of the band Pomplamoose, musician Jack Conte had a sizeable fan base in the late 2000s and was making thousands of dollars a month from iTunes sales. But when streaming services like Spotify took over the music scene, Jack's income dwindled. So he called up his college roommate Sam Yam, who had spent his post-college years launching startup after sta ... Show More
Apr 2021
On Monetizing Community with Patreon Cofounder Sam Yam
<p>It's clear from the growth of Patreon, Substack, TikTok, Clubhouse and many more that the power of the <a href="https://a16z.com/tag/creator-economies/">Creator Economy</a> continues to build. These platforms share one thing in common: They all enable independent creators to m ... Show More
26m 14s
Aug 2022
Got Punched In The Face By A TikToker | Minx, Nate O'Brien, Silicon Valley Girl, AskSebby
Graham and Jack just turned a party into a podcast! JustaMinx is a popular twitch streamers with over 2 million followers, Nate O'Brien is a minimalist entrepreneur who breaks down the logistics of running several million dollar business's all from his laptop in a van. You defini ... Show More
1h 54m
Aug 2022
The Wrongness Playbook, part 1, w/Patreon's Jack Conte
Building a business means making mistakes. Lots of them. But how you’re wrong isn’t always obvious. Jack Conte has learned this lesson as a working musician — and while scaling Patreon into a company worth $4b. In Part One of a two-part series, you’ll hear how Jack wrote his own ... Show More
37m 26s
Oct 2018
Napster vs The Record Labels - Free is Costly | 3
Napster co-founders Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker finally get to Silicon Valley, where their dream for music sharing is supposed to take off. When word gets out about what Napster is doing, software programmers are literally banging on the doors, begging to work for Napster for f ... Show More
24m 45s
Nov 2020
MFM x Trends - How Jack Butcher Used Twitter to Generate $1m in 18 months (From Scratch)
Jack Butcher talks about how he's built up Visualize Value and "Build Once, Sell Twice", where he's productized his services. Sam and Jack talk about scaling to $1m in revenue in 18 months, plus other opportunities that Jack sees for content creators, how he runs his course, the ... Show More
20m 47s
Sep 2022
The Wrongness Playbook, part 2, w/Patreon's Jack Conte
When is it time to double down on your instincts, and when is it time to open yourself up to feedback? Sometimes it comes down to a hard call… that you might get totally wrong. In Part Two of our episode with Patreon’s Jack Conte, you’ll hear how he was able to raise capital by t ... Show More
34m 3s